Hitting the Mark with Jesus wk. 17: Delivered and Transformed

HITTING THE MARK WITH JESUS-Week 17

July 27, 2025

DELIVERED AND TRANSFORMED

Mark 2:18-22

 

 

INTRODUCTION:

 

 

Ecclesiastes 3:4 (NIV) [There is] a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.

 

 

 

 

 

John 14:6(NLT)“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John 14:6(NLT)“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”

 

 

Acts 4:12 (NIV) says, Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name [Jesus] under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.

 

Jesus is the only one who brings

 

 

 

 

 

2 Corinthians 11:14 (NLT)But I am not surprised! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

 

 

Satan is a and master .

 

 

 

Satan has counterfeited The with religion.

 

 

 

Six major categories on religion vs The Gospel, By Tim Keller

 

1. Basis of

• Religion: 
• Gospel: 

2.

• Religion: 

·         Gospel: 

 

3.

• Religion: 
• Gospel: 

 

4. Response to difficult

• Religion: 
• Gospel: 

 

5. Dealing with

• Religion: 
• Gospel: 

 

6. life

• Religion: 
• Gospel: 

 

 

TEXT:

Mark 2:18-22 (NIV) ¹⁸ Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?”

¹⁹ Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them.²⁰ But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.

²¹ “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse.²² And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.”

 

àHighlight:

 

THREE THINGS ABOUT THE GOSPEL AS COMPARED TO RELIGION: 

 

 

 

1. VS

 

 

Philippians 3:5 (NLT) I was circumcised when I was eight days old. I am a pure-blooded citizen of Israel and a member of the tribe of Benjamin—a real Hebrew if there ever was one! I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law.

 

 

 

Galatians 6:14 (NIV)May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ…

 

1 Corinthians 2:2 (NIV) I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

 

 

 

Romans 8:1-4 (NIV)Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, ² because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. ³ For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴ in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

 

 

 

 

Mark 2:15 (NIV) While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 

 

 

Luke 15

 

·        The lost coin

 

·        The lost sheep

 

·        The lost son

 

 

 

 

 

Mark 2:18 (NIV)Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?”

 

 

 

 

demands to be in the spotlight.

 

The gospel puts Jesus in the .

 

 

 

 

Matthew 6:16 (NIV)“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.”

 

 

 

 

 

Mark 2:19 (NIV)Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them.

 

Mark 2:20 (NIV)But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.

 

 

 

2. VS

 

 

Death Was Arrested

Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMsMiluCUUI

 

Mark 2:21-22 (NIV)²¹ “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse.²² And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.”

 

 

 

 John 14:6 (NIV)“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

 

Acts 4:12 (NIV) says, Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.

 

 

Hebrews 8:13 (NIV)By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.

 

 

 

 

3. VS

 

 

Mark 2:22 (NIV)And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.”

 

 

 

CONCLUSION:

 

INVITTATION:

 

PRAYER:

 

ALTAR:

 

WORSHIP:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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